# Christina Cacioppo

> Christina Cacioppo is the co-founder and CEO of Vanta, the agentic trust management platform that has become the default infrastructure for security compliance among modern tech companies. After stints at Union Square Ventures and Dropbox Paper, she built Vanta from a spreadsheet prototype into a $4.15 billion company serving 12,000+ organizations across 58 countries, raising $504 million in total funding. She is one of America's self-made female billionaires, known for applying rigorous first-principles thinking to the usually-dull world of corporate security.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Vanta
- **Organizations:** Vanta, Union Square Ventures, Dropbox, Nebula Labs, Stanford University
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Arts in Economics (honors), Stanford University, Master of Science in Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Built Vanta into a $4.15 billion company from a spreadsheet prototype, Raised $504 million in total funding including Series D from Wellington Management, Grew Vanta to 12,000+ customers across 58 countries

## Career timeline

- **2007** — Internship at Google, Online Sales and Operations
- **2010-2012** — Investment team member at Union Square Ventures, working with Fred Wilson, Brad Burnham, and Albert Wenger
- **2013-2014** — Co-founded Nebula Labs
- **2014-2016** — Product Manager at Dropbox, led launch of Dropbox Paper
- **2017** — Founded Vanta (incorporated June 2017)
- **2018** — Vanta launched publicly after experiencing SOC 2 pain at Dropbox
- **2021** — Raised Series A; company had grown to $10M ARR fully bootstrapped between seed and Series A
- **2022** — Raised $110M Series B led by Craft Ventures; valuation reached $1.6B
- **2023** — Raised $150M Series C; expanded to 5,000+ customers
- **2025** — Raised $150M Series D led by Wellington Management; valuation reached $4.15B; 12,000+ customers across 58 countries

## Achievements

- Built Vanta into a $4.15 billion company from a spreadsheet prototype
- Raised $504 million in total funding including Series D from Wellington Management
- Grew Vanta to 12,000+ customers across 58 countries
- Featured on Forbes' list of America's Self-Made Women with an estimated $830M fortune
- Operated Vanta cash-flow positive for 3 years between seed and Series A
- Personally closed the first $500K in sales — roughly 50 customers — before building a sales team
- Expanded Vanta to 1,000+ employees across San Francisco, New York, Dublin, London, and Sydney
- Vanta's platform performs 1,200+ control checks hourly and monitors 200 million resources continuously
- Angel investments include Notion, Linear, Repl.it, Tailscale, Chainguard, and Socket

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Vanta raised $150M Series D led by Wellington Management at $4.15B valuation, bringing total funding to $504M
- **2025-07** — Bloomberg reported Vanta's valuation jump from $2.45B to $4.15B — a 69% increase
- **2025-07** — Featured in Forbes as a self-made female billionaire with estimated $830M fortune
- **2024** — Vanta expanded to 12,000+ customers across 58 countries with 1,000+ employees
- **2024** — Platform expanded to 375+ integrations, 35+ compliance frameworks, continuous monitoring of 200M resources

## Links

- Website: https://www.christinacacioppo.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ccacioppo
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/christinacaci
- GitHub: https://github.com/christinac
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrustVanta/

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Last updated: 2026-05-27